Compass Real Estate

DeCarla Anderson Gives Lessons on Selling a Dallas Castle With Historic Pedigree

By Nikki Barringer / July 15, 2020 /

Chateau des Grotteaux is a literal castle at the corner of Gaston and West Shore. It’s such a uniquely magnificent home with a steep (but justified) price tag that listing agent DeCarla Anderson and the previous owner knew it was going to take a minute to sell. Throughout the two-year listing, Anderson met every agent…

The Birthplace of Bastille on Bishop Could Be Your New Tiny Home or Two

By Nikki Barringer / July 14, 2020 /

Over in Oak Cliff, within walking distance to the Bishop Arts District, you’ll find the cutest little tiny house. But what makes this tiny house EVEN CUTER is the TINIER tiny house that’s set on the same property. Yeah, that’s what we said. TWO TINY HOUSES on the same dang property. Can you even handle…

The Moment We Saw This MCM, We Knew It Wouldn’t Last Long

By Shelby Skrhak / July 8, 2020 /

A Midcentury Modern home near White Rock Lake is a hot commodity. An MCM that has four bedrooms, a dream outdoor living space that looks straight out of a magazine, and is listed for only $550,000 — well, that’s a golden unicorn born during a total solar eclipse in a leap year. Straightly put, it’s…

This Majestic Mediterranean Mansion Stops Traffic Daily

By Karen Eubank / July 6, 2020 /

If you have ever driven down Turtle Creek Boulevard, you have seen this majestic Mediterranean mansion. And you know the first time you spotted it, you stopped traffic and stared because it’s a jaw-dropper This was certainly not the case when Greg and Susan Baten purchased the home in 2007. I’ve ferreted out an old…

These Real Estate Agents Attribute Success to Model Behavior

By Elaine Raffel / July 6, 2020 /

For these uber-fashionable Realtors, it took just the right mix of hard work, strong work ethic, and killer personal style to make it big in both modeling and real estate.